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R. P. Chhabra
PhD (Monash University, Australia)
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Office
NL2-105
Department of Chemical
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Transport Phenomena
Education
PhD, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 1980.
ME, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1976.
BE, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, 1974.
Selected Publications
A. Bose, N. Nirmalkar and R. P. Chhabra, Forced convection from a heated equilateral triangular cylinder in Bingham plastic fluids, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, 66, 107-129 (2014).
N. Nirmalkar and R. P. Chhabra, Momentum and heat transfer from a heated circular cylinder in Bingham plastic fluids, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 70, 564-577 (2014).
S. A. Patel and R. P. Chhabra, Heat transfer in Bingham plastic fluids from a heated elliptical cylinder, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 73, 671-692(2014).
A. K. Gupta, C. Sasmal, M. Sairamu and R. P. Chhabra, Laminar and steady free convection in power-law fluids from a heated spheroidal particle: a numerical study, International Journal of Heat Mass Transfer, 75,592-609 (2014).
N. Nirmalkar, A. Bose and R. P. Chhabra, Free convection from a heated circular cylinder in Bingham Plastic fluids, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 83, 33-44(2014).
"Promotional Effects in Alumina and Silica Supported Bimetallic Ni-Fe Catalysts during CO2 Hydrogenation", D. Pandey and G. Deo, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, 382 (2014) 23-30.
"Effect of calcination temperature during the synthesis of alumina supported cobalt catalyst", T. Das, S. Sengupta and G. Deo, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanism and Catalysis, 110 (2013), 147-162.
"Effects of metal loading and support for supported cobalt catalyst", T. Das and G. Deo, Catalysis Today, 198 (2012), 116-124.
"Promotion of Alumina Supported Cobalt Catalysts by Iron", T. Das and G. Deo, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012), 20812-20819
"Synthesis, Characterization and In-Situ DRIFTS during the CO2 hydrogenation reaction over Supported Cobalt catalysts", T. Das and G. Deo, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, 350 (2011), 75.
Awards & Fellowships
C N R Rao Annual lecture, IIT Kanpur 2014
Prof B D Tilak Distinguished Professor Lecture ICT, Mumbai, 2013
J N Gupta & Smt M D Gupta Chair (2009-2012)
Chevron Corporation Chair (2014-2017)
FNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAE
Herdillia Award of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering – 1996